Defend Defenders, a Ugandan human rights body urges its South Sudan counterpart to work together to protect themselves and citizens during conflicts.
It calls on the rights defenders in the country to cooperate in resolving challenges they face in their daily activities, Bakhita Radio reports.
Speaking during a human rights workshop in Juba on Thursday, Executive Director of Defend Defenders, Hassan Shire, stresses the need to train activists on safety to avoid risks.
Hassan says human rights groups have resources to change their abilities to defend other activists in South Sudan.
Meanwhile, South Sudan Human Rights Commissioner Beny Gideon Mabor calls on the rights groups to register with the Commission to be known in the country.
Executive Director of Centre for Peace and Justice, Tito Anthony urges the national government to enact laws to protect human rights defenders.
He says such laws should have contents that include provisions that protect human rights defenders and rights entities from individual attacks.
Anthony observes that because of the absence of laws, a rights defender is considered a rebel or an agent of the west by many government officials who are always threatening human rights defenders.